1. Ekaterina Makarova v Kristina Mladenovic (US Open, R4) In the wide open second quarter of the draw, The number 13 seed, Ekaterina Makarova is the highest seed remaining. Heading into the US Open with a heavy cloud of injury uncertainty, Makarova has acquitted herself well to reach the fourth round of the US Open.…
The first quarter of the women’s draw has yielded a number of all-American clashes but none match up to what will await us in the fourth round. In her quest for the Calendar Slam, Serena Williams faces her toughest test yet up against Madison Keys. Once again, Madison is peaking at the Slams. The 20…
Before this tournament, Anett Kontaveit had never won a main draw match at a Grand Slam. The Estonian player has had a super tournament so far by reaching the second week of the US Open and setting up a fourth round clash with Venus Williams. Kontaveit will be a new name to many; the…
TAKE A BOW, LADIES. The third round match between Victoria Azarenka and Angelique Kerber was one of the most anticipated women’s matches of the tournament… and boy did it deliver! Azarenka defeated Kerber, 7-5 2-6 6-4 in two hours and 52 minutes of quite breathtaking tennis. This may be the heat of the moment but…
The match-up that I had my eyes on when the draw came out has become an eventuality… the number 11 seed, Angelique Kerber faces the number 20 seed, Victoria Azarenka in the third match on Ashe on Saturday. On the whole, the third round matches from the bottom half are a little underwhelming, but this…
Eugenie Bouchard secured arguably the best win of her year, beating Dominika Cibulkova, 7-6(9) 4-6 6-3 in two hours and 48 minutes. This was the first time that Bouchard has scored three wins at a tournament since the Australian Open. It was also another three set win, just her third of the season. There were…
In perhaps the most anticipated women’s match of the day, Venus Williams produced her best performance of the summer by a country mile to defeat Belinda Bencic in straight sets, 6-3 6-4. It was Venus’s fourth consecutive straight sets victory over Belinda. Venus’s form over the summer had been shaky and even through her first…
The first fourth round match of the 2015 US Open is all set as we now know that Ekaterina Makarova will play Kristina Mladenovic on Sunday with a spot in the quarter-finals up for grabs. Makarova defeated Elina Svitolina, 6-3 7-5 in a decent match of quality hitting. The match had a very strange ending;…
A Wimbledon quarter-final rematch between Agnieszka Radwanska and Madison Keys will be one of the star turns for Friday at the US Open. Keys is into the third round of the US Open for the first time in her career with two super quick wins over Klara Koukalova (6-2 6-4) and Tereza Smitkova (6-1 6-2).…
After  suffering a crushing 6-1 6-0 loss to Roberta Vinci in New Haven, her 15th loss in the last 18 matches, it seemed things couldn’t get much more miserable for Eugenie Bouchard. However, full credit to the Canadian player who has scrapped her way into the third round of the US Open with victories over…
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